The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. The yearly Oxfam report on the state of inequalities1 always triggers a periodical uproar: how is it possible that we have reached such a…
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Home insecurity in Serbia
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. It may seem absurd that in Serbia housing is a major issue, considering the facts that more than 95% of homes are privately owned…
Institute for Regenerative Innovation Križevci 2030
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. Article originally posted on Medium. As I sip my afternoon tea made out of hemp grown 50 meters from where I am sitting, I…
How are Green MEPs fighting for a Just Transition in the European Parliament?
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. With the new Commission of Von Der Leyen and the ongoing Green Deal talks put forward by it, the Commission has never seemed as…
Just transition only with social justice
The following article is an excerpt from Ecosprinter’s 2021 printed edition on a just transition. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. The policies that we implement in the coming years will irreversibly determine the survival of thousands of species, including humans, and the planet as…
Environmental costs of the Syrian Civil War
The devastating civil war in Syria entered its tenth year. A decade of war has caused one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world of an estimated death toll of 384,000-593,100 people as of December 2020. Besides, the displacement of approximately 12.7 million people, with nearly 6.1 million displaced internally struggling to survive. The ongoing long war has…
Why environmentally friendly products cannot fight the climate emergency alone
Even though the market might have successfully adapted to a new demand, it has not solved the climate crisis, nor tackled environmental degradation.
Covid Heroes: A Tribute to a Bulgarian Doctor on the Frontline of the Pandemic
Dr. Marylin Ivanova, 27, is a medical doctor at the National Emergency Hospital ‘Pirogov’ in Sofia, Bulgaria. She has been a frontline saviour since the very beginning of the pandemic. I asked her to share her point of view of the Covid-crisis, in an attempt to highlight the tremendous efforts women (70% of healthcare workers)…
Greater Paris: How to redesign social infrastructure to foster inclusiveness in the remote areas of the Metropolis?
In the next few years, the Parisian region is supposed to experience significant changes and events. One…
Economics Week III: Doughnut Economics – a way to rethink our economic model
This article is part of the Economics Week series in which we explore flaws in and alternatives to our current economic system. One of the most important figures in economics and politics to this day is the GDP growth. We often hear politicians say that a country’s GDP needs to grow for the society to…